Ange walking? I just don’t see it: Juric

TOMI Juric's candidness in his assessment of the Ange Postecoglou coaching saga is to be applauded.

While most of his Socceroos teammates, and Postecoglou himself, have played a straight bat in San Pedro Sula this week to questions about the coach's future beyond Australia's World Cup qualifying battle with Honduras, Juric spoke from the heart.

"People are very interested in what happens if we qualify but I'm more interested in what happens if we don't qualify so it's in my interests to make sure that we do."

Postecoglou's future has been debated since News Corp Australia reported last month that he would quit as Socceroos coach after the two-legged playoff against Honduras - even if Australia was successful in qualifying for the World Cup.

Postecoglou is refusing to discuss his plans beyond the Honduras play-off matches.

The mystery further deepened this week with reports that Postecoglou was interested in the vacant Rangers job.

It's no secret that the former Brisbane Roar and Melbourne Victory boss has a desire to return to club football, with the Rangers job also ticking the box in terms of him wanting to coach in Europe.

However, Postecoglou would not confirm or deny his interest in the Rangers gig.

"The only thing on my radar is these two games (against Honduras). That's where all my energy is, that's where all my focus is and that's what's most important," he said.

"Anything on that is not even on my radar."

That's also encouraging to know ahead of Saturday's first-leg at Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, where the Australian will face a Honduras outfit that have described the match as a "life or death" encounter.

There's no time for sentiment in the Socceroos' camp, which Postecoglou stressed when asked if any players had this week asked him about his future beyond Wednesday night's second leg in Sydney.

"We don't have that kind of relationship. We don't sit around coffees discussing what we're going to do for our Christmas holidays," he said.